Tandy 1000 Basic Reference Manual

Chapter 10 I BASIC Ke-ywords
DATE$
Function
DATE$[ = string]
Sets the date or retrieves the current date.
String is a literal, enclosed in quotation marks, that sets the
current date by assigning a value to DATE$. If you omit
string,
BASIC retrieves the current date.
Setting the Date
BASIC uses the same dates as MS-DOS, January 1, 1980 to De-
cember 31, 2099. You may use either
a slash or a hyphen to sep-
arate the month, day, and year. You may use any of the following
forms to set the current date:
mmlddlyy mmlddlyyyy
mm-dd-yy
mm -dd-YYYY
The month (mm) may be any number 01-12.
The day
(dd) may be any number 01-31.
The year
(yy or yyyy) may be 01-99 or 1980-2099.
You may omit leading zeroes for the month and day. If you only
supply 2 digits
for the year, BASIC precedes these digits with
19.
Retrieving the Date
Regardless of the form you use to set the date, BASIC retrieves
the date in the following form:
mm-dd-y y y y
The month and day are always returned
as 2 digits, BASIC in-
serts zeroes
as necessary.
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Tandy 1000 Specifications

General

Processor	Intel 8088
Processor Speed	4.77 MHz
RAM	128 KB (expandable to 640 KB)
Operating System	MS-DOS 2.11
Manufacturer	Tandy Corporation
Release Year	1984
Storage	Single or double 5.25" floppy disk drive (360 KB), optional hard drive
Sound	Tandy 3-voice sound
Ports	Parallel, Serial
Graphics	CGA (Color Graphics Adapter)
Graphics Modes	320x200, 640x200